Detachable cue-tip.



A. BENHOFF.

DETAGHABLE CUE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1912.

I 1 ,022,172. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR W 4 W 14mm],

UNITED STATFE FATENT OFFICE.

ADAM BENHOFF, OF CANTON, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES F. SMITH, OF CANTON, MARYLAND.

DETACHABL-E CUE-TIP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ADAM BENIIOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, Baltimore county, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Cue-Tips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for detachably securing billiard cue tips to ones, the details of which will be clear from the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a billiard cue, with my improvements thereon; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same; Fig. 3 is a side view, partly broken away, of the one tip with the attaching ring and locking pin thereon; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the sleeve which connects the one tip to the one stick; and, Fig. 5 is a similar view of the end of the cue stick which receives the sleeve.

In the drawing, (6 indicates the one tip, made of leather or other suitable material, and comprising a head 1 and a stem 2 connected therewith. The stem is preferably cylindrical and integral with the head. A ring Z), of about the same external diameter as the head of the tip, and having an internal diameter greater than the stem, is adapted to fit snugly between a locking pin 3 and the head, as shown in Fig. 3, said ring being free to turn about the stem. The locking pin projects through a suitable diametrical perforation in the stem and laterally beyond the stem, at each side, so that its ends come about flush with the outer side of the ring, as shown in Fig. 2. The pin is removable, so that the ring may be taken off of the stem when desired. The ring I) has internal threads 4, as indicated in Fig. 3, which threads are adapted to engage threads 5, on a sleeve 0, shown in Fig. 4. The sleeve 0 has one end 0 adapted to form connection to the stick d, and for this purpose the part 0 of the sleeve is internally threaded and engages a threaded part 6 on the end of the stick, the shoulder 7 of the stick forming a stop for the sleeve. The sleeve may, however, be connected to the stick in any Other suitable manner. The sleeve has an annular projection 0 preferably of the same diame ter as the ring and the head of the cue Up, the purpose of this projection being to pro Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1912.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Serial No. 672,667.

vide a shoulder or stop 8 (Fig. 4) for the ring I), when the parts are assembled. The part c of the sleeve has a diametrical slot 9 extending from its outer end to a point beyond the shoulder or stop 8, this slot being slightly wider than the diameter of the pin, so that the ends of the pin may pass therethrough. This part of the sleeve is adapted to receive the stem 2, and to fit between the stem and the ring Z), the threads on the latter being adapted to engage the threads 5 011 the sleeve, as previously stated. The sleeve 0 may be permanently secured to the cue.

\Vhen it is desired to attach a tip to the one, a ring Z) is slipped over the stem and a pin 3 is then inserted. through the perforation in the stem. The stem is then inserted into the part 0 of the sleeve, with the projecting ends of the pin extending through the slot 9, and the end of the sleeve will extend between the ring and the stem of the tip and will engage the threads in the ring. The ring is then turned until it abuts against the shoulder 8, when the pin will rest in the inner end. of the slot below the shoulder. The pin locks the tip against turning, and the head of the tip rests firmly against the ring and the latter against the shoulder on the sleeve when the parts are assembled.

In order to remove a tip, it is only necessary to unscrew the ring and then pull the pin out of the stem, to release the tip from the ring. A new tip may then be inserted in the manner previously described. Preferably the outer surface of the ring or collar is knurled or roughened so that it may be readily gripped and turned by the thumb and forefinger.

hat I claim is 1. The combination with a one tip comprising a head and a stem, of means for attaching the tip to a cue comprising a pin projecting from the stem, an internally threaded ring arranged between the pin and said head and rotatable about the stem, and a sleeve adapted for connection to the one, said sleeve adapted to fit between the stem and the ring and having threads for engaging the threads in the latter and having a slot in its wall for receiving the pin.

2. The combination with a one tip comprising a head and a stem, of means for attaching the tip to a cue comprising a pin projecting from the stem, an internally threaded ring arranged between the pin and said head and rotatable about the stem, and a sleeve adapted for connection to the cue, said sleeve having a shoulder adapted to form a stop for the ring and having a threaded portion adapted to fit between the stem and the ring and to engage the threads in the ring, and said sleeve having also a sl0t,'for receiving the pin, extending from its outer end through said threaded portion 10 and past the shoulder.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ADAM BENI-IOFF.

l/Vitnesses:

JosEPI-I S. GoLnsuiTl-r, C. RoLmNs Rooms.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. r i 

